FLOW

Flow (stylized as FLOW) is a Japanese rock band, a part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records label. Flow is a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist. As of spring 2009, the band has released twenty-two singles and five albums.

History

Flow is a five-piece Japanese rock band made up of two vocalists, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist. The group's base was created in 1993 when brothers Kōshi (elder: vocals) and Take (younger: guitar) began playing together. They formed Flow in 1998, and were eventually joined by Keigo (vocals), Gotō (bass) and Iwasaki (drums; joined in 2000). In 2001, the band released its first maxi single, "Flow #0". The group then released two mini-albums within the same year, both of which took nationwide indie charts by storm. "Okuru Kotoba", Flow's first cover single, was released in January 2003. It remained on the Oricon indie chart for seven consecutive weeks and also hit an impressive #6 on the overall singles chart. In the spring of that year, their first full-scale album Splash!!! debuted at #2. In July 2003, Flow released the single "Blaster" on a major label, Ki/oon Records. In April 2004, they released "Go!!!", which stayed on the Oricon Top 10 Chart for three weeks. In May 2004, Flow released their first major album Game.

A string of singles followed and in July 2005 the band released its third album, Golden Coast. Since the release of Golden Coast, Flow has released two singles with new A-sides, but one of these ("Around the World/Kandata") was a double A-side release. "Colors" is the band's fourth single. The songs "Go!!!" and "Re:member" both served as opening themes to the anime series Naruto. "Days" was the first opening for Bones' Eureka Seven anime, and "Realize" was the opening for the PlayStation 2 video games based on the same series. Flow performed live in America for the first time in Dallas, Texas on September 2, 2006 at Anime Fest which was held at the Hyatt Hotel and Convention center in downtown Dallas. Flow performed "Colors" in 2006, the first opening for Sunrise's original series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Their song "Answer" is the first opening theme for the live action Japanese drama Tantei Gakuen Q. They performed "Night Parade" with the hip-hop band Home Made Kazoku. In February 2008, they released a new single entitled "Arigatō", followed by Persona -trinity soul-'s new opening, "Word of the voice" in June 2008. They performed Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2's second opening theme "World End" released in 2008. In 2009, the band performed "Sign", the sixth opening for Naruto Shippuden. The band released a B-side compilation album on November 4, 2009. Their single "Calling" will be featured as the ending for the anime Heroman.

Members

KOHSHI


















Name: KOHSHI(VO)
Birthday:1977.04.22
BirthPlace:SAITAMA
BloodType:O

KEIGO


















Name: KEIGO(VO)
Birthday:1977.07.01
BirthPlace:TOKYO
BloodType:O

TAKE


















Name: TAKE(GUI)
Birthday:1978.08.31
BirthPlace:SAITAMA
BloodType:A

GOT'S


















Name: GOT'S(BA)
Birthday:1977.01.26
BirthPlace:NIIGATA
BloodType:A

IWASAKI


















Name: IWASAKI(DR)
Birthday:1969.11.21
BirthPlace:OSAKA
BloodType:A

Discography

Singles

1. "Blaster" (ブラスター Burasutā?, July 2, 2003)
2. "Dream Express" (ドリームエクスプレス Dorīmu Ekusupuresu?, September 18, 2003)
3. "Ryūsei/Sharirara" (流星/シャリララ?, February 18, 2004)
4. "Go!!!" (April 28, 2004) - Naruto fourth opening single
5. "Life is beautiful" (November 3, 2004)
6. "Rookie/Stay Gold" (April 27, 2005) - The theme song for the Korean movie Make It Big
7. "Days" (June 1, 2005) - Eureka Seven first opening single
8. "Garden (Summer Edit)" (August 3, 2005)
9. "Re:member" (May 31, 2006) - Naruto eighth opening single
10. "Around the World/Kandata" (September 13, 2006) - CM for Suzuki Swift
11. "Colors" (November 8, 2006) - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion first opening single
12. "Answer" (August 1, 2007) - Tantei Gakuen drama theme song
13. "Fuyu no Amaoto/Night Parade" (冬の雨音/Night Parade November 28, 2007?) - by Flow∞Home Made Kazoku
14. "Arigatō" (ありがとう?, February 20, 2008)
15. "Word of the Voice" (June 4, 2008) Persona -trinity soul- second opening single
16. "World End" (August 13, 2008) Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 second opening single
17. "Snow Flake (Kioku no Koshitsu)/Pulse" (Snow Flake ～記憶の固執～/Pulse?, December 10, 2008)
18. "Sign" (January 13, 2010) Naruto Shippuden sixth opening single
19. "Calling" (May 12, 2010) Heroman ending single

Albums

1. Game (May 26, 2004)
2. Golden Coast (July 20, 2005)
3. The Best: Single Collection (December 20, 2006)
4. Isle (アイル Airu?, March 19, 2008)
5. #5 (ナンバーファイブ Nanbā Faibu?, January 28, 2009)
6. Nuts Bang!!! (July 22, 2009)
7. Coupling Collection (November 4, 2009)

DVDs

1. The Play Off: Game 1 (December 1, 2004)
2. Flow Countdown Live 2006-2007 "Kizuna Factory: Differ Toshiake" (March 21, 2007)
3. Flow Live Tour 2007-2008 'Isle' Final at Nippon Budokan (December 24, 2008)

Link:
> Flow Ofisial Site
> Sony Music